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DEAL GERMANS CRUSHING TURF BLOW Barring Enemy Horses from English Stud Book Hits Hard Breeding Industries of Defeated Foe NEW YORK N Y July 12 The decision of the English and Belgian Jockey Clubs to bar from participation in racing and the refusal to accept for registration in the English Stud Book any alien enemy horses will be a crushing blow to the horse breeding activities of Germany Austro Hungary Bulgaria and Turkey TurkeyThoroughbred Thoroughbred sires most of them of English lineage were the foundation of the great army and racing studs developed by Germany and Austria Hungary The best were none too good in the es ¬ tablishment of a type of general purpose horse The English Derby winners Ard Patrick and Galtce More each cost 110000 The Thousand Guineas winner Kirkconncl and St Maclou the grand sire of Harry Payne AVhitneys Vindex were amons the other fine sires that were available to farmers and breeders at a nominal fee The Russian gov ¬ ernment originally purchased Galtee More and lie was subsequently acquired by Germany chiefly on the recommendation of Count Lehndorf who had charge of the great Prussian stud at Graditz GraditzThe The records of the English Stud Book show that for the twenty years prior to the outbreak of the war 2250 entire thoroughbreds some of which were foals at the time and were subsequently geld ¬ ed were imported from Great Bitain by Germany During the same period there were approximately 2000 fillies taken from England for Germany ac ¬ count It is reasonable to assume that during the same time heavy drains were made upon French and Belgian studs studsThe The French Jockey Club lias not as yet taken any formal action regarding alien owned horses but they may confidently be expected to follow the lead of their allies and neighbors Englands great turf events are open to the world but France has with few exceptions no big turf prizes for horses foaled outside of the republic Spain which has within the past few years taken great strides in racing and breeding chiefly due to the active sympathy and participation of King Alfonso whose nom de course is Duke of Toledo will probably furnish an asylum for German turfmen who yearn to win honors outside their own country countryAMERICA AMERICA HAS TAKEN NO ACTION AS YET YETAVhether AVhether the jockey clubs of America will take any action in the premises remains to be seen The United States is so remote from the interdicted countries that there is little likelihood of any Ger ¬ manbred or owned thoroughbreds being sent here for competitive purposes Germany maintained rac ¬ ing on a more or less pretentious scale during the war and there was no letup in breeding The future however will probably find her in the open market of the world bidding for the best blood obtainable She will be forced to take this course in order to keep up the standard of her horses horsesThe The entire situation in a nutshell would seem to be that the allied turf authorities do not propose to let the enemy reap any benefit from tlie thorough ¬ breds they pilfered during the war and also the fact is driven home with cruel force that they lack the sportsmanlike qualities so essential on the turf turfAVhen AVhen Gerald L Stead was in this country two years ago he said that his father the noted New Zealand breeder of thoroughbreds would not have a mare standing more than 152 and that his great ¬ est successes had come from matrons not over 15 hands high The recent showing of Purchase Panoply and Man o War are conspicuous illus ¬ trations where small mares have foaled great turf performers Cherryola by Tanzmeister the dam of Purchase is a long low type that would have pleased Mr Stead immensely Mahubah which foaled Man o War for Major Belmont does not approach the average thoroughbred mare In stature but she has given the turf a performer of gigantic proportions in Mr Riddles champion When A J Joyner had the Whitney string in England it comprised the mare Inaugural by Voter During one of his visits abroad the late William Collins Whitney asked his trainer what he proposed doing with that little thing pointing to Inaugural Mr Joyners reply was Win races with her and then breed some good race horses As she brought Mr AVhitneys colors home on two occasions and then produced Flags and Panoply she has gone a long way towards making good her former trainers prophesy
